How to minimize one's damage in case the usa kicks the bucket?

odinn odinn.cyberguerrilla at riseup.net
Mon Oct 5 19:01:13 PDT 2015


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Hmm, well, since we are on this subject...

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sn3lqs

Steve Kinney:
> On 10/05/2015 05:43 AM, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> 
> Good ideas in this thread so far.  What I would add is, get the F 
> away from population centers; they are very hungry machines that 
> will start to fail in very bad ways whenever any of their major 
> inputs are substantially reduced for more than a few weeks - even 
> without panic and martial law factored in.
> 
> On moving way out of town:  Sooner is better, because as the 
> industrial economy crumbles everyone will get the same bright idea 
> and that land ain't empty.  It's occupied by communities where it 
> takes time to learn the human landscape and build trust 
> relationships.  On arrival start working to establish oneself in an
> economic role that will continue to pay off in the form of mutual
> aid and bartering of labor and commodities, as the value of Federal
> Reserve Notes spirals down.
> 
> As for cash money, I like silver way more than gold:  People will 
> kill you much sooner for gold than silver, and the value of silver 
> has been steadily rising due to industrial applications drawing 
> down the world supply faster than mining is able to replace it.
> 
> Another thing to think about is identifying technology that will 
> stay relevant to the practical concerns of feeding and housing 
> people in your local economy when international supply chains go 
> sideways for months or years at a time.  Learn what is and isn't 
> important by getting involved in the actual work, and get on top of
> how to run and fix that stuff, /then/ stockpile spare parts and 
> replacements.
> 
> In short, start building the world of 2100 today.  It's going to be
> built one way or another; early adopters will have more problems to
> solve and go down more blind alleys, but that's the price of coming
> out on top in the long run.
> 
> :o)
> 
> 
> 

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